"The Force Awakens" At Bagram Air Base

New Star Wars film boosts morale at Bagram 
Stars and Stripes
By Heath Druzin
Published: December 22, 2015

Darth Vader shows up for a special screening of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" for troops at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015. U.S. FORCES-AFGHANISTAN

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — The views are nice at Bagram Air Field, with Afghanistan’s snow-capped Hindu Kush mountains towering over the base, but the entertainment options are scarce. So when “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” came to the big screen here Tuesday, the lines went around the block and stayed there for showing after showing.

“It was good, definitely different, and it definitely boosted morale a lot,” said Army Sgt. Marcos Reynoza, 27, of Lemoore, Calif. “I thought it was pretty awesome, and I’m not even a big Star Wars fan.” read more here

1st Marine Then Star Wars Villain

'I'm Going to Be a Man': 'Star Wars' Star is a Former Marine
CNS News
By Mark Judge
December 17, 2015

Driver then pursued an acting career, going to the Julliard School in New York. "After I got out, suddenly I realized that I could handle civilian problems," he told the Military Times. "They all seemed pretty small by comparison."

Actor Adam Driver, who plays villain Kylo Ren in the new "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" movie, is a former Marine.

In a 2014 profile in Rolling Stone, Driver explained how the attack on 9/11 inspired him to enlist:

"I was having an argument with my stepfather, and he was like, 'Why don't you join the Marine Corps?' And I was like, 'Noooo! Well, maybe, actually . . .' I went and saw the recruiter, who was like, 'Are you on the run from the cops? Because we've never had someone want to leave so fast.' I was like, 'I'm going to be a man.'"

Driver trained at Camp Pendleton in California, becoming an 81mm mortar man with the 1st Battalion, 1st Marines.
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